Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-08
Review of the Situation. Young
Man Fatally Shot.

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Man Fatally Shot.
CHICAGO, April 5.-It was only last night
that Socialist Organizer Gruenhut made
the assertion that the seven condemned
anarchists would be saved by his party
polling at least their $4,000 pledged votes,
election of q socialist city treasurer,
their entire west town ticket and six to
nine aldermen. The party polled in round
numbers 10000 votes. We hare only
heed the old socialist vote, said Gruen-
hut sadly, to night, 1t was perfect day
so far as the sunshine was concerned.
The air was chilly and raw but it is con
ceded that no voters were kept homo by
the weather. There was notable absence
of drunkenness. The united labor party
had made its campaign cry that
not Il man on their ticket would
owe his election to votes
purchased with whisky. A socialist
ticket peddler dropping dead at the polls,
probably of heart disease, was the near
est approach to a tragic incident. Not a
single serious row occurred during the
day. In the absence of democratic
ticket the democrats who voted cast their
ballots almost unanimously for the re-
publican candidates. II is estimated
that about ten per cent of the
democrats failed to vote at all, hav-
ing no candidate of their own
and unwilling to endorse the candidates
opposing. Throughout the day the re-
publicans and their democratic allies in
dustriously distributed flaming dodgers
presenting the Issue of the election as the
American flag against the red. The
united labor party endeavored to meet
this with an equally highly colored circu-
lar charging that Roche was an orange
man. The plan failed sig nally, and one
of the characteristics
J:cIDENTs OF THE DAY WAS THE ARREST
in the 18th ward by officer John Ryan of
Herman Groenmeyer, German social
ist, for too obtrusively circulating anti
Roche circulars. The arrest nearly led to
a riot but Groenmeyer was released on
promising to desist Similar scenes
were also enacted in other wards and
have led to the charges by the united
labor leaders of unwarranteo interference
on the part of the police. The two sue
cessful candidates of the united labor
party are Conner and Doorak for alder
men in the Fifth and Sixth wards
respec lively. Their election had
been conceded from the start but
the msjority is smaller than they antic-
ipated. 1t was generally expected that
the noted socialist Knight of Labor,
George Schilling, would be elected alder
man In the Fourteenth ward, but at the
last moment his strength was diverted by
the Riordan democrats. In many
of the wards ladies wero present
distributing prohibition tickets. The
candidates OF the prohibition party
drew about their usual vote. The repub-
| licans made clean sweep with their city
and town tickets, except that of Samuel
| B. Chase, democrat, candidate for asses
| sor of the town of North, who pulls
| through.
At midnight the returns showed that
the united labor party had elected one
man in the entire city-Conner, their
candidate for alderman in the 9Th ward.
| Doorak, their alderman in the 9th ward,
is defeated. Connsr's majority is less
THAI 400. Total vote for mayor: Roche,
republican, 1850 votes; Nelson, united
labor, q, ,548 votes. Roche's majority is
| 25,241. In row late tonight, growing
| out of too enthusiastic celebration Of
the republican victory, young man
named Grove was fatally shot by bar
tender. The bartender was promptly
| arrested.